Originally Posted by
BengeBoy
This is a good list of bikes to look at, depending on what's available to you in your area...
Jamis Aurora: $850
REI: Novara Safari: $850
Surly Long Haul Trucker: $930
REI: Novara Randonee: $950
Trek 520: $1250
Rocky Mountain Sherpa 30: $1500
Cannondale Touring 1: $1800
Bianchi Volpe: $850
Jspoonsr wrote: I confess to needing help. I bought a new Fuji Tour last year for a little over 700 dollars and have used it heavily loaded on two tour. I ride it locally for miles at a time, to and from stores daily. It is stable, shifts well, has good ergonomics for my frame, and is an overall good bike. I like it. Why doesn't this bike get better press? As the least expensive, does that fact alone castigate it to irrelevancy? (Endquote)
I think that the Fuji Tour
ing belongs on this list, but the current MSRP is $950. The Bianchi Volpe is now listed at $1000. I haven't checked all the others.
Most readers of this site will not be touring through Siberia and the Gobi desert, so these lower-end, but still good-quality bicycles are sufficient to provide a good tour.